2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the flight’s destination?

A．China.

B．The UK.

C．Mongolia.

2. What will happen first?

A．The movies will be played.

B．The drinks will be served.

C．The safety procedures will be shown.

3. Who is the speaker?

A．A tour guide.

B．A passenger.

C．A flight attendant.

4 . During the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, foreign journalists not only enjoyed the Chinese athletes’ excellent performance, but experienced “the speed of China” in the development of high-speed rail.

On Feb. 14, 57 journalists from 36 Chinese and foreign media groups were invited by the 2022 Beijing Media Center to visit the city’s rail transit command center to explore the “secret” of Beijing’s high-quality development in the field.

Beijing has formed a safe, convenient, efficient and green rail transit system. It now consists of 27 metro lines, increased from two in 2001 when Beijing won the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games. Last year, the city’s metro lines together handled nearly 10 million passenger trips per working day, accounting for 57 percent of the total number carried by urban public vehicles.

Compared with car travel, each subway passenger can reduce 77 percent of their carbon emissions, which means the total reduced carbon emissions can reach 7. 38 million metric tons a year. This is equal to the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by 410 million trees, experts said. In addition to efficiency and ecological protection, the city’s urban rail transit is becoming more intelligent. For example, the west part of Metro Line 11 is known as a line serving the 2022 Winter Olympics, which features a fully automated driving mode under staff supervision at the beginning of the train’s operation.

Although China was behind developed countries in high-speed railway development, it has accumulated abundant experience in constructing all types of railways, including high-speed and railways at high altitudes and carrying heavy loads. The country also has the longest high-speed rail mileage, which accounts for more than 66 percent of the world’s total.

“China’s high-speed trains run across rivers and mountains to reach all directions, from forests and snowy fields in the north to wetlands south of the Yangtze River, and from the desert in the west to the East China Sea,” said Zou Wu, a senior engineer at the China State Railway Group. “The country’s high-speed railway network covers 92 percent of the cities each with a population of more than 500, 000 people.”

1. Why did journalists visit Beijing’s rail transit command center?

A．To enjoy the Chinese athletes’ excellent performance.

B．To visit Beijing Media Center with some foreign tourists.

C．To figure out Beijing’s rapid development of high-speed rail.

D．To explore the “secret” of the cultural development of Beijing.

2. What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?

A．Car travel’s carbon emissions are reduced by 77 percent.

B．The total carbon emissions are increased because of the railways.

C．Passengers completely control their carbon emissions by subway.

D．Taking a subway will be beneficial to the environment of the city.

3. What can we learn from Zou Wu’s words?

A．China’s high-speed trains reach everywhere.

B．China’s high-speed trains are applied widely.

C．China’s high-speed trains promote the forests’ growth.

D．China’s high-speed trains run from the desert in the east.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．High-speed railway depresses Olympics’ journalists.

B．High-speed railway impresses Olympics’ journalists.

C．High-speed railway improves Olympics’ quality efficiently.

D．High-speed railway influences Olympics’ athletes’ careers.

5 . With Chengdu as its station of origin and Lodz its terminal, the Chengdu-Europe Express Railway helps to build business links between the two cities. It also connects a Polish man's heart to Chengdu.

The 29-year-old Maciej Czastka comes from Lodz, Poland. He has been in Chengdu for four years since he finished his degree in East Asia relations at the University of Lodz.

"I was always hoping to visit China after graduation because of my major. I knew at that time that a cross-continental cargo train would leave from Lodz so I wanted to visit its other end," said Maciej.

After graduation, he applied to Sichuan University for language study. He now works for Amber Global Consulting, a company that provides services to Polish manufacturers and merchants to help them enter the Chinese market.

During his four-year life in Chengdu, Maciej witnessed the opening of the Chengdu-Europe Express Railway, the friendly city relations established between Chengdu and Lodz and the booming business between the two cities.

"We used to have little contact with China, and Poland itself lacks experience with exports. Now Chengdu is a well-known city in Poland and a growing number of enterprises in both countries can have direct trade with each other thanks to the Chengdu-Europe Express Railway." said Maciej.

“The express is important to the communication and cooperation between Poland and Chengdu. Both cities are now in their golden age of developments,” he added.

“For quite a long time we Polish could not overcome the geographic inconvenience of being in the middle of Germany and Russia. The Belt and Road changed that, turning our disadvantage into an advantage.”

Now the Chengdu-Europe Express Railway has been operating for four years, supporting its two ends, Chengdu and Lodz, to extend their trade and business further. As the doorway to Europe, Poland is seizing opportunities brought by the Belt and Road and engaging in the globalization of economy and trade.

1. How old was Maciej Czastka when he graduated from Lodz University?

A．33.

B．29.

C．26.

D．25.

2. What can we learn about the Chengdu-Europe Express Railway?

A．It is mainly good for Polish people.

B．It has been built for more than four years.

C．It was built by workers from China and Poland.

D．It serves as a business link between Chengdu and Lodz.

3. What was the biggest disadvantage Poland had before the operating of the railway?

A．It had very few companies.

B．It lacked trading experience.

C．Its geographical position was inconvenient.

D．Its economy developed very slowly.

4. Where can we probably find this passage?

A．A history textbook.	B．A newspaper.
C．A tourist guidebook	D．A science magazine.